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Restructuring: Lawan, Gbajabiamila blast governors, say they are not qualified to champion agitations
“While the call for restructuring and agitations maybe genuine, elected leaders and state governors should particularly not champion the movement for restructuring without...
Buhari’s son-in-law and ex-FMBN CEO, Kumo, two others wanted over alleged $65m fraud — ICPC
President Muhammadu Buhari’s son-in-law and former Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Gimba Yau Kumo, and two others have...
Insecurity: Southern governors to Buhari: Restructure Nigeria now, convene national dialogue
…ban open grazing of cattle in the South henceforth Fazed by the monstrous insecurity and agitations for self-determination by some ethnic groups, Governors...
Breaking: NSCIA says no Eid-el-fitri celebration on May 12 again, directs Ramadan to continue
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) on Tuesday directed Muslim faithful not to break Ramadan until Wednesday evening. According to...
Arson, heightened criminalities in Southeast, Southsouth, FG to deploy new strategies
To contain orgy of violence, arson and criminalities in the Southeast and Southsouth, the Federal Goverment says it has approved new security measures...
Federal Government announces May 12-13 as Eid-il-Fitr holidays
The Federal Government has declared May 12 and May 13 as public holidays for this year’s Eid-il-Fitr celebration. Persecondnews reports that Eid-il-Fitr is...
COVID-19: FG reintroduces restrictions on churches, mosques, lockdown
Curfew is back, now from midnight to 4.00am In response to the spiking of the new variant of COVID-19 in some countries,...
Probe N39.5bn duplicated, phoney projects in 2021 budget, SERAP tells Buhari
With irrepressible high spirits, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to launch an investigation...
International Container Terminal Services says it is not owned by Dangote
Contrary to claims by an online publication, a global port management company, International Container Terminal Services Inc, says it is not owned...
NPA did not have operating surpluses of N133.084b in 2017, N88.79b in 2018, says Bala-Usman
Suspended Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman has clarified what the Authority received...
Port Harcourt Refinery rehabilitation commences, to generate 3,000 jobs
Determined to deliver the project on schedule and speedily, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says construction work on the Port Harcourt Refinery...
Suspension of NPA boss, Bala-Usman: Pres. Buhari, Ameachi breach Public Service Rules, govt’s own circular – PSN investigation
The suspension of the Managing Director/CEO of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman, by President Muhammadu Buhari, is a flagrant breach...
Facebook bans News website after reporting deaths from US gov’t vaccine database
A news website has been permanently booted from Facebook after the social media giant accused it of publishing “false information about COVID-19 that...
Mama Taraba, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan dead at 60
A former Minister of Women Affairs during the first tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has died at the age...
COVID-19 forces postponement of FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifiers in Africa
By Boye Ajayi The 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Africa have been rescheduled as a result of COVID-19, the World Soccer ruling...
FG/CBN power intervention: 4m free prepaid meters to be rolled out
Another intervention by the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the power sector will soon deliver four million free...
